SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (8-9, 3-5 CCAA) will return to conference action this weekend as it hosts Stanislaus State (10-12, 5-7 CCAA) in a pair of doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.
 
LAST WEEKEND

• CSUSM hosted No. 1 Tampa in non-conference action on Friday, Saturday and Monday.
• After falling 5-4 and 11-7 in the first two games of the series, the Cougars earned their first-ever win over NCAA Division II's No. 1 team with an 8-7 walk-off win in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. The series closed on Monday with Tampa earning a 16-4 win.

 
COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM's pitching staff is recording 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings, ranking 19th in Division II and first in the CCAA.
• The Cougars' 17 sacrifice bunts rank 11th nationally and second in the conference.
• CSUSM has drawn the second-most walks in the league at 92 this season while also ranking second for hit-by-pitches at 34.
• Scoring 6.9 runs per game, the Cougars rank fourth in the CCAA.
• CSUSM is turning .76 double plays per game, ranking fourth in the league.
• Hitting 1.82 doubles per game and 1.18 home runs per game, the Cougars rank fourth in the conference in both categories.
• CSUSM has the fourth-best on-base percentage (.393) and slugging percentage (.435) in the CCAA.
• Stealing 1.24 bases per game, the Cougars are fourth in the conference.
• Spencer Anderson's strikeouts per nine innings average of 10.36 ranks fourth in the league while his 2.96 ERA ranks sixth.
• Ethan Rivera is the third-toughest to strikeout in the CCAA at 17.0 at-bats between strikeouts.
• Hayden Tregidga's .31 home runs per game and 1.13 RBIs per game rank fifth in the conference.
• Phoenix Sommay is getting hit by a pitch .44 times per game, leading the league.
• At 171 career strikeouts, Nolan Long is three away from breaking Garrett Apker program record of 173 set in 2022.

 

GAMES 18-21 | STANISLAUS STATE
Dates	Saturday, March 15 - Sunday, March 16
Times	Saturday - 11 a.m. (DH) Sunday - 11 a.m. (DH)
Location	San Marcos, Calif.
Venue	CSUSM Baseball Field
Records	CSUSM (8-9, 3-5 CCAA) STAN (10-12, 5-7 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video	FloCollege ($)

COUGARS AGAINST THE WARRIORS

• The Warriors come into the week fresh off a series split against Cal State LA at home, winning the first two games of the series.
• Stanislaus is eighth in the CCAA standings at 5-7.
• This will be just the second road series of the season for Stan State as it went 1-3 at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Feb. 28-March 2.
• Stanislaus has put down the third-most sacrifice bunts in Division II this season with 21.
• The Warriors' .986 fielding percentage ranks fifth nationally.
• Stanislaus is tied for the most triples in the CCAA with six.
• The Warriors' pitching staff has the third-best ERA in the conference at 4.64 while its offense has the sixth-best batting average at .278,
• Stanislaus is scoring the seventh-most runs per game in the league at 5.7.
• The Warriors' strikeout-to-walk ratio of 1.74 is next-to-last in the CCAA.
• Rocco Gurrola leads Stan State's pitchers with a 3.03 ERA, 25 strikeouts and a 1.11 WHIP.
• Ryan Leonesio leads the Warriors' offense with a .358 batting average and a .463 on-base percentage.
• In the Warriors' last visit to San Marcos in 2023, Stanislaus won the rain-shortened three-game series.
• CSUSM and Stanislaus split last season's series in Turlock.
• The Warriors have the slight edge in the all-time series at 13-12 and are 6-4 when playing in San Marcos.

 


2025 OUTLOOK

• CSUSM was picked to finish third in the 2025 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• The Cougars' roster of 39 includes 19 transfers, 14 returners and six freshmen.
• CSUSM has 18 pitchers in its arsenal, with 15 right-handers and three southpaws.
• The Cougars have 22 position players, including one two-way player.
• All but seven Cougars are upperclassmen.

THE GARCIA FILE

• Head Coach Jose Garcia enters his third season in San Marcos after taking over the CSUSM baseball program on Aug. 1, 2022.
• Garcia was the 2024 CCAA Coach of the Year in just his second season as a head coach. The Cougars finished second in the CCAA standings and made their first-ever appearances in the NCAA West Regional and CCAA Tournament. CSUSM's 27-21 overall record and 26-13 conference record were the program's best since joining NCAA Division II in 2016.
• The Cougars ended the 2023 season with an overall record of 20-25 and finished ninth in CCAA play at 14-21.
• Garcia came to CSUSM from fellow CCAA member Chico State where he was the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats.
• Joining Chico's staff as a student assistant in Fall 2012, Garcia helped the Wildcats notch 286 victories, seven postseason appearances, two CCAA Championships, one NCAA West Region Championship and one College World Series appearance in 10 years with the program.
• Serving as Chico's primary hitting and infield coach, Garcia coached the Wildcats' offense to a conference-record .344 team batting average while assisting the team to a 34-15 overall record in 2022 despite only returning seven players from the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
• In 2017, Garcia helped Chico to another CCAA record with a win-loss total of 34-4 in conference play while also helping the team to an NCAA Division II-best .983 fielding percentage.
• Garcia is a graduate of Chico State and earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in coaching. He later earned his master's degree in School and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri in 2017.
• Garcia has a career record of 55-55 (.500).